Politics | AddisNews.net

Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party is good news for Ethiopia

Posted by Markos
|Date: January 10, 2020

Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party is good news for Ethiopia

By Yohannes Gedamu In November, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed established a new pan-Ethiopia ...

By Yohannes Gedamu In November, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed established a new pan-Ethiopian political party. It brings together three of the four ethnic-based parties that make up the r ...

January 10, 2020
| by Markos

Read more
Ethiopia’s surveillance network crumbles, meaning less fear and less control

Posted by Markos
|Date: December 20, 2019

Ethiopia’s surveillance network crumbles, meaning less fear and less control

Reuters -DEBARK, Ethiopia – Rahmat Hussein once inspired fear and respect for the watchful eye she ...

Reuters -DEBARK, Ethiopia – Rahmat Hussein once inspired fear and respect for the watchful eye she cast over her Ethiopian neighborhood, keeping files on residents and recommending who should ge ...

December 20, 2019
| by Markos

Read more
Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party could be bad news for Ethiopia

Posted by Markos
|Date: December 14, 2019

Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party could be bad news for Ethiopia

By Awol K Allo Last month, three of the four ethnic-based parties that make up Ethiopia‘s ruling co ...

By Awol K Allo Last month, three of the four ethnic-based parties that make up Ethiopia‘s ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), voted to merge in ...

December 14, 2019
| by Markos

Read more
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition to form a single party, TPLF boycotts

Posted by Markos
|Date: November 28, 2019

Ethiopia’s ruling coalition to form a single party, TPLF boycotts

The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition that ruled Ethiopia since 1991 ...

The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition that ruled Ethiopia since 1991 is officially dead. In a unanimous decision , the party voted to form a single party. The new ...

November 28, 2019
| by Markos

Read more
Ethiopia Will Explode if It Doesn’t Move Beyond Ethnic-Based Politics

Posted by Markos
|Date: November 10, 2019

Ethiopia Will Explode if It Doesn’t Move Beyond Ethnic-Based Politics

Oromo nationalism helped bring Abiy Ahmed to power, but it could also be his undoing. To hold the country ...

Oromo nationalism helped bring Abiy Ahmed to power, but it could also be his undoing. To hold the country together, the Nobel-winning prime minister needs to convince various ethnic groups that he and ...

November 10, 2019
| by Markos

Read more
Ethiopian opposition parties threaten election boycott

Posted by Markos
|Date: September 09, 2019

Ethiopian opposition parties threaten election boycott

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A coalition of Ethiopian opposition parties on Tuesday threatened to boycot ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A coalition of Ethiopian opposition parties on Tuesday threatened to boycott a national vote next year without changes to an electoral law they view as biased towards the ...

September 09, 2019
| by Markos

Read more
Ethnic strife threatens church’s unity in Ethiopia

Posted by Markos
|Date: September 06, 2019

Ethnic strife threatens church’s unity in Ethiopia

DW- Simmering ethnic strife in Ethiopia has reached the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Nationalists of the bi ...

DW- Simmering ethnic strife in Ethiopia has reached the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Nationalists of the biggest ethnic group, the Oromo, are threatening to split the church. Developments are bound to f ...

September 06, 2019
| by Markos

Read more
Ethiopia’s opposition parties criticize election law changes

Posted by Markos
|Date: August 27, 2019

Ethiopia’s opposition parties criticize election law changes

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian lawmakers on Saturday revised election laws to pave the way for p ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian lawmakers on Saturday revised election laws to pave the way for polls next year, but some opposition parties said the changes would make it more difficult for t ...

August 27, 2019
| by Markos

Read more
Abiy Ahmed’s Reforms Have Unleashed Forces He Can No Longer Control

Posted by Markos
|Date: July 05, 2019

Abiy Ahmed’s Reforms Have Unleashed Forces He Can No Longer Control

Ethiopia’s prime minister oversaw the chaotic release of thousands of prisoners, including many ethnonati ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister oversaw the chaotic release of thousands of prisoners, including many ethnonationalist militants. His amnesty may now be coming back to haunt him. BY NIZAR MANEK | JULY 4, 20 ...

July 05, 2019
| by Markos

Read more
The underlying tension behind Ethiopia’s flawed federal system and its risks

Posted by Markos
|Date: June 29, 2019

The underlying tension behind Ethiopia’s flawed federal system and its risks

By Yohannes Gedamu For almost three decades Ethiopia’s federal structure – enshrined in the country’ ...

By Yohannes Gedamu For almost three decades Ethiopia’s federal structure – enshrined in the country’s 1994 constitution – has been defended by the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian Peoples Revoluti ...

June 29, 2019
| by Markos

Read more

12 3 4 5 ›»